Kickstart meme

[rena_librarian]

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request that I write a drabble of any pairing or character of your choosing. In return, you are challenged to post this in your own journal, regardless of your ability level- or not as you wish.

1. Marco/Jordan for rattyjol 
2. Eva for lisacharly 
3. Puck/Lauren for smiley_face86 
4. Kristie/Li for infernalearache 
5. Rachel and Jake for natural_blue_26 
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Somehow I doubt I'll even get ten. I'm only committing to minifics (think, like, within an LJ comment length) but obviously if your prompt is just SO BRILLIANT it could turn into more. Also, limiting the fandoms to Glee/Animorphs/LotR/Lost, because I DON'T want to have to do research, lol.

Meme ganked from rattyjol of awesome Animorphs fic. =D

PS: Shelly...don't prompt my chapter, I'll get to it, I swear!

Comments

[rattyjol.livejournal.com]

I want to be creative so how about Marco/Jordan? ^_^

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

Marco isn't expecting it, and he's pretty sure Rachel would kill him if she were alive.

Then again, if Rachel were alive, it probably never would've happened. Jordan never would have turned to him at the funeral, sobbing, they never would've found themselves at the Berenson house afterward, talking about how Rachel would've hated it all, how Tobias had done the right thing. A few late-night calls to talk about it more somehow springs up into a relationship.

Jordan is not like Rachel at all, and it would be creepy if she were. Jordan shies from what little spotlight they sometimes have to put up with (Marco does his best to keep it on him and off her), she's often calm and rational when they argue (especially compared to Marco), and she never manages to look quite as much like the supermodel Rachel was (though he still thinks she's quite beautiful, even when her hair is mussed).

But then sometimes when they're play fighting over the remote, or cruising the highways in Marco's convertible and she tips her head back to feel the wind in her hair, she gets this wicked grin on her face and it's Rachel all over again.

He never tells her. He doesn't want to spoil it.

[rattyjol.livejournal.com]

This is awesome. :D I like how you focused on all the little differences between the two.

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

Why, thank you. ^_^

[lisacharly.livejournal.com]

Eva from Animorphs?

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

Eva was honestly not expecting to get her life back.

She wakes up most mornings and it takes her a few moments to remember that she survived the war, that Peter is there to hold her hand, that Marco managed to get out alive, too, and for all intents and purposes they're all okay.

She wonders why, why them, when so many other people--innocent people--lost so much. They try to tell her she's innocent, too, that she was just a bystander, not in control, but the things the Yeerk used her to do still gnaw at her sometimes, and she doesn't feel like she deserves any of it.

When Peter finally acknowledges to her that Marco probably isn't coming back from space, that somehow seems like a much more fitting end to it all.

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

(I think that might be the most depressing thing I ever wrote.)

[lisacharly.livejournal.com]

D: So heartbroken. And yet, so honest. This is lovely, thank you! :D

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

Like I said, probably most depressing thing I ever wrote. But you're welcome? I think? Lol. Glad you liked it.

[smiley-face86.livejournal.com]

I'm thinkin' you should give us some Kurtofsky...j/k. But how about some Puck/Lauren from Glee.

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

I very nearly put that up as a "will not write" but figured if someone seriously prompted it, I'd write one-sided Karofsky for Kurt. =P Lol.

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

"You want some cheese fries, babe?" Puck asked from behind a greasy menu.

"You know me so well, Puckerman," Lauren told him, raising a hand to flag down a waiter. After their order was taken, Puck looked over ar her, a pout on his face.

"You know, we've been going out for like six months now. You don't have to call me Puckerman anymore. You could call me babe, or hon, or even Puck would be nice if you can't call me my name."

Lauren frowned. "I'm not a complete bitch," she tells him. "When you were trying to get me to date you, I wasn't just blowing you off because I'm that confident. You just...have a reputation, at McKinley. Love 'em and leave 'em. You knocked up Fabray and she still knew better than to date you."

Puck frowned, too. "That hurts, babe."

"I know. But that's what I'm saying, I was just trying to get my seven minutes in heaven without getting attached to you, because I knew if we dated it wouldn't last long. I wasn't trying to make you work to get with me, I was actually trying to push you away. But then you didn't give up like I thought you would. And here we are." Lauren shrugs.

"Are you saying you fell for my irresistible charms?" Puck asks, grinning.

"Something like that." It's the closest she's come to admitting that she more-than-tolerates Puck. "But there's no way I'm calling you babe or hon or anything sappy like that."

"How about Noah?"

"Noah..." Lauren tries it out, letting it roll over her tongue. "Maybe. I'll think about it."

Puck smiles, but she'll never admit it makes her heart melt just a little.

[smiley-face86.livejournal.com]

I love it. Thanks so much.

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

It was fun to write. =) Zizes is just...so, so very Zizes. XD

[infernalearache.livejournal.com]

kristie/Li. Like you didn't see that coming ;)

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

I haven't forgotten, just been busy. =)

[infernalearache.livejournal.com]

Bah, it happens :)

[infernalearache.livejournal.com]

Also: WTF, I don't know why I can't read, but I realize it was glee/animorphs lotr, so y'know... Don't bother?

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

Nah, it's cool, I just didn't want someone to come along and ask for, like...Digimon, or Sonic, or some random thing I'm into but not that familiar with (say, Scrubs), or am more into but not really into writing fic for (like, House).

But it will probably be after the weekend. I'm in St. Louis! =D

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

Kristie doesn't ask a lot of Li.

Even when there was the book between them, she wasn't greedy. It wasn't really in her nature. And now that the book is gone, she's even less likely to ask--it isn't as if doing favors for her is really Li's job description anymore.

Besides, truly, it's the magic he does without using his magic that Kristie really likes best. It's the simple brush of their fingertips when he shares his lunch with her, the look on his face when brings her flowers, and most of all, his smile when he gives her another small trinket that pleases her more than the gift itself. It all makes her feel special.

Li, in turn, loves to use his magic on her. In nearly a thousand years of masters, none of them had ever appreciated him the way Kristie does. It's her insistence that "You don't have to do that," when he makes things more convenient for her that makes him want to do it all the more. After all, what good is his magic to him if he can't make someone happy?

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

Lame!drabble is lame and I suck.

[infernalearache.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I really thought this was cute. I like seeing how different people see different aspects of their (sometimes odd) relationship :)

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

=)

Hard for your relationship not to be at least a little odd with a 900+ year age gap.

[infernalearache.livejournal.com]

Haha, well Kristie is pretty surprised by some of the things that Li comes up with (Missing the ladies-lib movement? LOL) but exactly what I'm talking about!

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

Hehehe.

[natural-blue-26.livejournal.com]

You *know* I want Rachel! Perhaps in a not!shippy or angry way with Jake?

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

Wait, was that angry or not!angry? *CONFUSED*

[natural-blue-26.livejournal.com]

Any 'I don't ship Jake/Rachel' and they 'get along in a non-ghost written' way as possible? Please? ;)

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

Sure. I haven't forgotten, just been busy.

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

Rachel plunks down on the deck next to Jake. They're at a birthday party for one of their cousins.

"The Berensons have got to be the last family on earth that has these huge get-togethers for every single kid," she muses, looking out over the backyard at their assorted family members. There's a picnic table loaded down with hotdogs and watermelon and the quarter of the cake that remains uneaten. Some of the smaller kids have gotten into bathing suits and are playing on a Slip'n'Slide, and the bigger kids--mostly just Saddler, really--are picking on them, spraying them with the hose when they're not paying attention. The adults are mingling, inside the house and out.

"Yeah. Your house next," Jake reminds her. Sara's birthday is coming up in a few weeks.

Rachel shakes her head. "It's weird to think of her getting older. I don't want her to get older."

Jake turns and gives her a funny look.

Rachel glances around to make sure she can't be overheard. "They don't like children as hosts."

"Ah." Jake agrees. He can't say much more, it's too risky, but before he can come up with something comforting, Naomi comes out onto the deck, the heels of her sandals clicking on the worn wood.

"Jean remembered that there's a volleyball set in the garage. If we set it up will you two join the game?"

Rachel shrugs. "Sure, Mom."

Naomi glances between the two of them. "You two are always so serious. Lighten up, it's a party!" She whirls around and heads off toward the garage.

Rachel smiles at Jake, standing up and brushing off her shorts. "Come on. We might as well soak up all the normal we can get while we can."